[Aztlan] Vandals damage Olmec statues in La Venta Park

[Mesoman1 at aol.com]

Saludos,
 
The unfortunate, and hopefully temporary, defacement of the stone sculpture  
at La Venta Park points out the importance of recording and documenting  
Mesoamerican monumental stone sculpture using the "best available technologies."  
Three-dimensional laser scanning of these objects is a non-destructive and  
non-contact method that provides excellent data that can be used for research,  
analysis, archiving, and replication. 
 
To learn more about this technology and how it is  being applied to 
Mesoamerican sculpture, please visit our page  "MESOAMERICAN THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING 
DATABASE" on the FAMSI website 
_http://research.famsi.org/3D_imaging/index.php_ (http://research.famsi.org/3D_imaging/index.php)  
 
Recently, we had the opportunity to record some of the  original monuments 
that are on display at La Venta Parque and the Museo  Regional de Antropologia 
Carlos Pellicer in Villahermosa,  Tabasco, as well as some of the original 
stone sculptures that are  curated in the La Venta Museum that is at the 
archaeological site itself. The  data of the La Venta monuments will be available 
on-line at FAMSI shortly.
 
There is also information about 3-D scanning of Mesoamerican artifacts at  
_http://www.famsi.org/reports/07007/index.html_ 
(http://www.famsi.org/reports/07007/index.html) 
 
We appreciate all your comments, questions, and  suggestions.
 
Thanks.
 
Travis Doering and Lori Collins
University of South Florida
 
 
In a message dated 1/15/2009 1:33:17 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
dave.pentecost at gmail.com writes:

The  vandalism occurred in La Venta Park, Villahermosa, not the La
Venta site.  The park has heads and other sculptures that were moved
from the site to  protect them. The site now has replicas.

On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 9:54  AM, Ryan Kashanipour <rykash at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Unless I am  mistaken, but I believe that those statues are casts.  Most of
>  the originals are at the Museo Nacional de Antroplogico.
>
>>  Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:27:34 -0500
>> From:  dave.pentecost at gmail.com
>> To: aztlan at lists.famsi.org
>>  Subject: [Aztlan] Vandals damage Olmec statues in La Venta  Park
>>
>> Last Sunday, a 42 year old lawyer and another  man, 30 years old,
>> reportedly threw grape juice, oil and some  salty substances on 27 out
>> of 33 statues in the La Venta Park in  Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico.
>> They claimed they were performing a  prehispanic ritual. The statues
>> are now stained and discolored,  and authorities are devising a
>> cleaning and restoration  strategy.
>>
>>  http://www.tabascohoy.com.mx/nota.php?id_nota8971
>>
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